Penstemon bridgesii A. Gray
Penstemon bridgesii A. Gray var. amplexicaulis Monnet
Penstemon rostriflorus Kellogg
Bridge’s penstemon
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8/28/2014 · New Mexico · ≈ 8 × 11″ (21 × 27 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
8/28/2014 · New Mexico · ≈ 8 × 11″ (21 × 27 cm) ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Plantaginaceae | Plantains |
| Genus | Penstemon | “Beard-tongues,” a reference to flower shape |
| Species | rostriflorus | From the Latin rostrum, “a bill, snout or beak,” and rostratus, “beaked,” plus florus, “flowered,” thus meaning “with beaked flowers” |
Penstemon rostriflorus description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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